Sui Dynasty: I, Yang Guang, am both scrupulous and stable

Chapter 142 National Granary
Yu Wenshu didn't understand what Yang Guang meant for a while. He suddenly said that he would raise food prices and use military supplies. If this kind of thing is not done well, it will definitely cause trouble.

Yu Wenshu could figure it out, and so could the emperor, so he didn't let Yang Guang do it himself but found an agent.

Yang Guang explained the cause and effect to Yuwenshu, and Yuwenshu quickly understood what Yang Guang meant. Yang Guang originally thought that Yuwenshu would be hesitant, or at least hesitant, but he didn't expect that Yuwenshu would listen to Yang Guang's words. After Guang's description, he immediately slapped his thigh: "Your Highness, don't worry, I will definitely handle this for you."

Yuwenshu's decisiveness was somewhat beyond Yang Guang's expectations.

"The Duke is so generous, I thought you would hesitate."

"There is nothing to hesitate about. From the perspective of the imperial court, it is not easy to attack this group of unscrupulous profiteers."

Seeing that he was so confident, Yang Guang reminded him: "You must not let other people know about this matter, and you need to be more careful."

"Your Majesty, I will tell you the truth. The price of food in the city has skyrocketed recently. The storekeepers who are dependent on me have been ready to take action. However, I am a principled person and must not enrich the country. This is my absolute bottom line. , so even if the people below are complaining, the old minister will remain unmoved. The worst is to lose money, and the old minister can afford to lose, and you must be a man worthy of your own conscience."

After hearing these words, Yang Guang doubted whether the Yuwenshu in front of him had been taken away from him, but Yang Guang also sensed the meaning from the words. Yuwenshu had many grain stores under his control, so this matter was Much simpler.

Yu Wenshu continued: "We can take this opportunity to deal with them. The veteran thinks that His Highness's idea is right in this matter. As long as the Turks cannot defeat them, no matter how high the price of food is now, the price of food will be reduced by then." ruthless."

Seeing how confident he was, Yang Guang breathed a sigh of relief. This would save him a lot of time.

Yu Wenshu immediately started his arrangements: "Huaji, I will ask the shopkeepers who run the grain stores to come to my house later. Starting today, our shopkeepers will start to purchase grain and salt in the city at high prices. On the current basis, Let’s improve it a little bit.”

Yang Guang was relieved when he heard what Yuwenshu said. Yuwenshu was worthy of being a veteran, and he knew how to do it.

"The king will leave first. A national granary is going to be built in Daxing City, and I have to make arrangements. I will leave it to you, the Duke, to make arrangements for the other matters."

"I will definitely live up to His Highness's expectations."

As Yang Guang left, Yu Wenhuaji asked anxiously: "Father, what's going on? Didn't you say yesterday that prices in the city have begun to rise? Our grain store can take advantage of this opportunity to make more money, and wait until the price Just throw it out in large quantities so as not to hoard it."

Yu Wenshu said anxiously: "It's morning, and it's now. Fortunately, His Highness the King of Jin is looking for me. If he was looking for someone else, I would still be kept in the dark. In case the food stored in the grain store is not thrown out by then, If you go, it will be over, and the country will be in dire straits and you won’t be able to make money.”

How can Yuwenshu be as upright as he said? He has always been a bastard who doesn't make money when he has money. Naturally, he wants to make a profit from this increase in food prices. He understands better than anyone that such a price increase will Understand how fatal it is to get the news before others, and now he can mobilize military supplies for a price war, but he has to defeat them all at once.

"Father, if this is the case, we won't be able to make any money."

"In the long run, if they are defeated, they will all be ours from now on."

Yu Wenshu thought for a while and said: "Huaji, your Majesty has entrusted His Highness King Jin to do such a thing, which shows that Your Majesty trusts His Highness King Jin very much. You already have a good relationship with His Highness King Jin. From now on, remember to do whatever His Highness orders." What are you doing? This His Highness is not an ordinary person."

"Yes, father."

……

Daxing City.

Yu Wenkai said in surprise: "What, build a national granary first?"

"Don't be surprised. This is something that my father and I decided together. Once the national granary in Daxing City is built, Daxing City's food security problem can basically be solved. When this happened, we did it together. Daxing City The overall construction period can be postponed by more than one month."

"But Your Highness, the [Taicang] designed by Weichen will probably take a year to complete."

"[Taicang] was designed to be too big. If we reduce the scale and build it first, then the construction time will be reduced exponentially."

"Your Highness, it will be troublesome to expand after downsizing."

Yang Guang already had an idea: "[Taicang] can be reduced in size, and it will be better to build it bigger when the national granary in Luoyang City is built. Luoyang City is the main storage place for grain."

Luoyang City will be the transportation hub in the future. The large granary has to be built there to supply all parties with the fastest speed. Historically, the large granary of the Sui Dynasty was placed in Luoyang and was called Huiluocang. The entire city can be The grain storage is 500 million stones.

Yu Wenkai had no choice but to agree: "Since it is still a matter decided unanimously by Your Highness and Your Majesty, Wei Chen will quickly order people to start construction."

Originally Taicang was to be placed outside the city, but this was also a huge mistake made by the Sui Dynasty in history.

Historically, at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in chaos. Li Mi seized Luocang and Luoyang City fell into a grain-free situation for a while. Later, the Tang Dynasty placed the granary in the city.When Yang Guang supervised the construction of Daxing City, he naturally changed the original plan immediately and chose Taicang to be located in the southern part of Daxing City to avoid any worries.

After Yu Wenkai accepted the matter, he said with some concern: "Your Highness, the price of food in the city is constantly rising. The people are almost unable to afford food. If the price of food continues to be pushed up, some people may not be able to sustain it. If this continues, it will be really difficult for some people to survive." Is it good?"

Yang Guang sighed and said: "This is also a helpless move. How could I not know the harm of doing this? But we have to make those unscrupulous traders afraid once and for all to avoid such a situation in the future. Now is the best time to implement this." It’s time.”

"Why does Your Highness think now is the best time?"

"First, although the Turks crossed the Yellow River, the overall situation is that the war between the Sui Dynasty and the Turks is mutually beneficial. A small-scale failure cannot cause a fatal blow to the Sui Dynasty. I believe that the rise in food prices will soon be Secondly, the weather is now good and the temperature is suitable, so we are not suffering from hunger and cold. People also have some surplus food at home, so they can always last a little longer. If it happens in winter, it will really be chaotic."

Yu Wenkai understood Yang Guang's foresight, so he bowed and said: "We will do our best to cooperate with His Highness to ensure that there will be no problems this time."

"Thanks a lot."

……

Yu Wenshu was very efficient here. He quickly summoned all the grain store managers below. Grain stores accounted for a small proportion of the industry under his command, only about a dozen. Not counting the main business, most of them were He climbed up there, and it was the first time that the shopkeeper saw Duke Bao in person.

"Starting from today, I will arrange for my most trusted shopkeeper to take over the grain store in your hands, and none of you should take care of it."

Everyone was a little puzzled when they heard Yu Wenshu speak like this, but because of the huge identity gap, they had no right to refuse.

Yu Wenshu lifted the cloth on the table, and there was gold underneath: "You should divide this gold equally as reward, and pay for your shop."

The nature of spending money is different. Everyone took the money and left.

Because he couldn't trust these people, Yu Wenshu was still very careful to arrange for people he could trust to operate them.

After dismissing the group of people, Yu Wenshu said to his shopkeepers: "Although you have not made grain before, you are still my most capable and trustworthy shopkeepers. From today on, the grain store will be under your control. Don't think that you are overqualified. Do this well." Yes, the reward will definitely be indispensable."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, we will follow the Lord. We will always go east to east and west to west, no matter what the Lord says."

Someone immediately expressed their loyalty, and others followed suit. These people were all very smart. How could it be a trivial matter if Yu Wenshu acted so seriously?
"Okay, okay, starting from tomorrow, all grain stores will start collecting grains at high prices. The day after tomorrow, I will arrange for a group of merchants from other places to bring grains in. Once they are brought in, you can snatch them away at high prices."

"Yes."

Some people wanted to ask why, but in the end they didn't ask. They followed these adults to do things. There are some things that you can't ask if they don't tell them.

Early the next morning, a group of merchants from other places carried food to the city gate of Chang'an City and waited for the city gate to be opened. As soon as they entered the city gate, they were surrounded by a group of people in the bustling crowd.

"Our grain store wants all of these grains."

"Shopkeeper, please tell me, someone has reserved these grains."

"I'll add money, add money."

The food was snatched away among the crowd, and the fight for food in the city began quietly.

In an elegant courtyard, a boy said to his boss: "Shopkeeper, the price of grain has risen again today. The grain shipped from other cities has been robbed as soon as it arrives at the city gate. Now all the major grain stores have We sent a group of people at the city gate and even went out of the city to intercept grain, and there was news of a fight just now."

The chubby boss Li Dong has the largest number of grain stores in the city. When he heard the news, his eyes were filled with joy and he smiled crookedly: "Go and inform the brothers below that we are also selling some of the grain. We can take advantage of this high position to make a profit." Pen."

"Boss, shouldn't you buy at this time?"

"What do you know? With so many people buying, naturally you have to sell a little first. Let's wait for the situation first. What about the Hu people? The Hu people have been keeping a low profile recently. Don't these people plan to enter the market?"

"There are not many Hu merchants in the East who deal in grain."

"Are there not enough Hu people doing this kind of buying and selling? In the past two years, these Hu people, who were short of iron, just entered the market and made a lot of money. Keep an eye on the situation of the Hu people."

"Yes, boss, send someone right now."

(End of this chapter)